Carl fischer



(N0 Model.)

0. FISCHER. EARTH CLOSET.

No. 553,060. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL FISCHER, OF BREMEN, GERMANY.

EARTH-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,060, dated January14, 1896.

Application filed October 9, 1 8 93.

To all-Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL FISCHER, of Bremen, in the German Empire, haveinvented a new and useful Earth Oloset, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which Figures 1 and 2 are verticalsectional views of my improved. closet taken at right angles to eachother the feed-box being lowered. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views withthe feedbox raised. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the level of theupper feed-box openings, and Fig. (5 is a perspective view of thefeedbox.

My invention relates to the construction of earth-closets, and isdesigned to regulate the distribution of the material, and alsothoroughly shake up the material in the reservoir and prevent anyclogging thereof.

In the drawings, ais the reservoir, having a shaft b leading from itsbottom, from which shaft a chute leads. In the shaft the hollow feed-boxd reciprocates, this feed-box having a closed and pointed upper end andprovided "with two side openings, 6, and below their level with a frontopening, g, above the level of its sloping bottom. The feed-box isreciprocated by a red It connected to the lever 70 pivoted at z andoperated by handle-bar Z, projecting through the seat of the closet.

Serial No. 487,5 74:. (No model.)

The operation of the device is apparent. When the rod d is pushed downthe feed-box rises into the reservoir, and the side openings 6 allow thematerial to enter the feed-box, the opening 9 being at such time closedby the walls of the shaft. When the bar is released, the feed-box fallsby its own weight and that of the contained material, and the materialemerges from the opening 9 and slides down the chute c, the upperopenings being then closed by the walls of the shaft, thus distributinga determined amount of material each time.

Many other ways of operating the feed-box will occur to those skilled inthe art without departure from my invention, since I claim- A closethaving a reservoir, a shaft leading therefrom, a reciprocatory feed-boxwithin the shaft,said feed-box having a sloping closed top, sideopenings arranged to receive material from the reservoir, and a loweropening arranged to deliver the same; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

CARL FISCHER. \Vitnesses M. SCHRUGENKEING, Huoo M. STARKLOFF.

